Kapwing review

Best for

Social and marketing teams who want a fast, collaborative editor in the browser

Price

Freemium · from $16/month
Free: 10 credits, 720p exports up to 4 minutes with a watermark

Platforms

Web

Made by

Kapwing

What it is

Kapwing is a collaborative video editor that runs in the browser. You can trim by deleting words from the transcript, remove silences with Smart Cut, cut long videos into clips, add auto-subtitles, generate B-roll and dub videos into 40+ languages. It also generates video with models like Veo, Kling and Sora.

What the AI does

• Transcript-based trimming
• Smart Cut silence removal
• AI Clip Maker
• Auto-subtitles
• Dubbing into 40+ languages
• AI B-roll and video generation

Pros and cons

How it scores

Broadest AI toolset among web editors, at a fair price; web-only.

Feature checklist · 7 of 9

• ✓Automatic captions with styles (yes)
• ✓Turns long videos into short clips automatically (yes)
• ✓Edit video by editing the transcript (yes)
• ✓Removes silences and filler words automatically (yes)
• ✓AI translation and dubbing into other languages (yes)
• ✓Adds AI-generated or stock B-roll automatically (yes)
• ✓AI audio clean-up and noise removal (yes)
• –Editing apps for iPhone and Android (no)
• –Free plan exports without a watermark (no)

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Alternatives

See all Kapwing alternatives, ranked →

• CapCut 8.3/10Social creators who want a free, full-featured editor on every device
• Descript 7.8/10Podcasters, YouTubers and teams who edit talking-head video
• Wondershare Filmora 7.8/10Hobbyists who want a full desktop editor with AI help at a low yearly price
• OpusClip 7.7/10Podcasters and streamers who want lots of short clips from long videos

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Sources

• Kapwing pricing
• Kapwing AI video editor
• The best video editing software in 2026 (Zapier)